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Set in Noida, Rishton Se Badi… Pratha revolves around Surbhi, a dreamy-eyed young woman in love with Abhay. Both their families are related to each other since Abhay's sister Ratna is married to Surbhi's brother. In a traditional Indian set-up if a girl expresses her desire to get married to a person of her choice, it is considered to be the highest degree of dishonor for her family.
Speaking about the show, Ashvini Yardi, Head Programming, COLORS, said, "Rishton Se Badi… Pratha is a very poignant and relatable story that brings to light certain social prejudices that still continue to exist in our society. Honour is a huge responsibility for Indians and families take enough pride to retain their entire lives. There is no space for anyone to ruin it including children. This heartwarming story told by the great team of Spellbound will surely resonate with the viewers."
Rishton Se Badi… Pratha will take viewers through the dark, grim and gruesome reality of insensitive, feudal, chauvinistic and barbaric tradition in the garb of family honour. So will Abhay and Surbhi's love rebel or bow in front of the ruthless and selfish society?
The producer of the show, Pearl Shahi, Spellbound Productions says, "The show is inspired by real-life incidents, specially the recent case of Nirupama Pathak who had to pay the price of expressing her wishes of marrying her love against the wishes of her family. Rishton Se Badi… Pratha is an attempt to highlight such dogmatic pratha that is still prevalent in our modern Indian society. Each individual is entitled to lead life basis their inclination. Though few families are stringent and when it comes to honour they do not spare or support anyone. With this show our aim is to highlight the issue and its existence and raise our voice against this pseudo-tradition, still prevalent in India".
Not long ago, did India stand up for justice against the honour killing cases of Nirupama Pathak and Nitish Katara. Though these are handful cases highlighted, there might be some safely hidden under the blankets of family honour!
Rishton Se Badi… Pratha produced by Spellbound Productions will have actors Shalini Chandran and Vishal Karwal portray lead real-to-life characters and situations along with other talented actors.
A Page from personal diary of Shalini Chandran
Till my Class 10 I had never moved out of my city where I used to stay with my parents. But, my brother used to stay in Delhi and for some reason I don't know why my mom wanted me to go to Delhi for higher studies. As I said, I had never been out of Jamshedpur and I was moving out of it for the first time. My brother came home to take me back.
We boarded a train to Delhi and ever since then I have been travelling to different places from Mumbai to Delhi. And, today I remember my first trip out of my house for I am travelling to Delhi again for my shoot. But, this was not just the first time I travelled out of my city but I also got to see a movie on the big screen.
Due to certain reasons things didn't work out for me in Delhi and I had to come back home in a week's time. But, since I had a week in my hand my brother did let me see one of the most celebrated films of Indian cinema and that was Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaayenge. It was my first visit to a theatre and an entry to the world of big screen. It was an overwhelming experience as it was a romantic movie and I am romantic. Love and romance have been very important part in my life.
Anyways, another interesting thing is whenever I have gone for a romantic movie it's been with my family, even during DDLJ my brother was with me! But, my first trip to Delhi was my key to two new worlds.
TellyChakkar caught up with Shalini Chandran (Surbhi in Rishton Se Badi Pratha) to find out about her fashion rules.
Fashion is: Something which is very elegant and comfortable.
Who chooses your clothes? I do. I don't have a boyfriend but when I do, I don't mind him choosing my clothes.
Do you wear accessories? I am not a very accessory person. I don't like glam accessories. But I like wearing a lot of chunky watches; I am very fond of them.
Do you follow any brands? I like United Colors of Benetton.
Favourite shopping destination: Oberoi Mall, boutiques and shops in Bandra.
Most expensive buy: It has to be my car. I had gifted myself a Swift worth 4.75 lakh when I was doing Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki.
Clothes you are comfortable in: I love wearing nice shorts from Bandra. I also like traditional wear, but I prefer western outfits more.
Favourite designer: I love Manish Malhotra's collection a lot. He makes women look so beautiful, his cuts and styling is simply superb. And I have a dream of being styled by him for my wedding. Besides, I also like Sabyasachi and Ritu Kumar too.
Must-have in your wallet: I always carry my mother's photo and pictures of god whom I worship a lot (Ganesh ji, Laxmi ji and Krishna).
Favourite perfume: Versace, Hugo Boss (FEMME), Issey Miyake and many more.
Colour that fills your wardrobe: I have a lot of black and a lot of pink stuff, almost every shade of pink.
Most TV actors spend their time in-between shots either chatting and bitching out others or thinking of new pranks but there are still others like Vishal Karwal who has made a mini-home of sorts in his make-up room and likes to spend his time there.
A source from the sets of Rishton Se Badi Pratha says, "Vishal has set up a mini home in his make-up room where he has everything from a TV set, microwave, laptop, internet connection. And, he had his mini-home even while he was doing Bhagyavidhata. The only thing that's missing from Vishal's mini home is a refrigerator that he will be getting soon."
Meanwhile, Vishal (Abhay), Shalini Chandran (Surbhi) and Zeb Khan who plays Vishal's elder brother Tribhuvan in the show have developed a very strong bond in a short period of time. They are together on the sets most of the time and spend their time either playing Antakshari or watching TV."
Vishal confirmed the same and said, "I anyways end up spending a lot of time on the sets and when we aren't doing much I go to my room and watch TV or work on the net. I think that keeps one away from wasting time on gossiping!"
Ah, a good boy we have here, don't we?
It is yet another testing time for Abhay and Surbhi as sonography results confirm that Surbhi is not pregnant in COLORS' Rishton Se Badi Pratha..
